# David Simmons - Rest in Peace **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089 "2008-04-20T05:10:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/101 "2008-04-21T01:52:23Z")
God Speed, David. It was a pleasure to have met you. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/102 "2008-04-21T01:53:18Z")
Why do people call him Cook? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/103 "2008-04-21T01:55:51Z")
My deepest sympathies are extended to you and your family. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Crescend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Crescend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescend)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/104 "2008-04-21T02:23:07Z")
It has been an honor and a pleasure, David. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Shea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@Tim\_Shea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_Shea)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/105 "2008-04-21T03:09:59Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Why do people call him Cook? [/QUOTE] I seem to remember that my Mom, his big sister, told me that when he was just learning to talk he would jabber "cook-ie cook-ie cook-ie. So, they started calling him Cook. It’s all I knew him by when we were growing up. Tim Shea BTW, I am awed by the responses and the thousands of views of the thread, less than 24 hours old. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/106 "2008-04-21T03:14:33Z")
“Tho’ much is taken, much abides”. My condolences to David’s family. I hope your memories will provide comfort to you. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/107 "2008-04-21T03:15:19Z")
Tim, Anne, Wilma and all of the Simmons Family, I’m so sorry for your loss. It is a remarkable thing that we can form such strong impressions and connections with a person from a few posts on a message board. I always read David’s posts with interest and learned much from them. Unlike too many in this online world, what he posted rang with the experience and truth of someone who had been there and knew what he was talking about. I will miss his online voice. You have my sincere sympathy for the much greater hole in your lives you will be facing. Bill ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/108 "2008-04-21T05:01:44Z")
Aw geez. Rest well, **David**. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/109 "2008-04-21T05:07:59Z")
He was one of those rare participants who never seemed to offend anyone. How beautiful that he kept his intellect sharp until the end! I’m glad to know that he was not suffering. To those who knew him in real life, I envy you. He was a jewel, wasn’t he! Salute! ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/110 "2008-04-21T05:49:04Z")
Your loss is our loss too. **David Simmons** will be greatly missed and the SDMB is not the same place without him. Deepest condolences. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/111 "2008-04-21T06:23:02Z")
What a loss, but such a blessing that he died peacefully, on his own terms. I learned so much from his posts and have often wished I could meet him in person. I was so surprised to find someone here that knew where Aurelia IA is. My Grandpa grew up there, and I’ve visited my aunt in Cherokee so many times. My best wishes of comfort to all who were close to him. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/112 "2008-04-21T11:07:35Z")
Heartfelt condolences to all the family. He was a good man, and we’ll miss his words of wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/113 "2008-04-21T11:10:08Z")
[QUOTE=Tim Shea] And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod The high untresspassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. [/QUOTE] ::sigh:: I offer prayers of gratitude that you have found peace at the end of the long journey. May those who have known you find not a hole in their lives from your passing, but the hole in their heart that you filled by living. Rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/114 "2008-04-21T12:07:47Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss. He was one of the best. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/115 "2008-04-21T12:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Pö atarau > E moea iho nei > E haere ana > Koe ki pämamao > > Haere rä > Ka hoki mai anö > Ki i te tau > E tangi atu nei > > On a moonlit night > I see in a dream > You going > To a distant land > > Farewell, > But return again > To your loved one, > Weeping here _Po Atarau A farewell to soldiers Anon 1915_ …travel well David. To David’s family: Kia Kaha, our thoughts are with you all. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/116 "2008-04-21T12:33:41Z")
I will be thinking of David and your family for a long while to come, and wishing you strength and healing. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/117 "2008-04-21T12:55:16Z")
I’m so sorry to hear the news. My prayers are with his family! ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/118 "2008-04-21T13:58:57Z")
Rest in Peace, **David**. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/119 "2008-04-21T14:43:03Z")
Fair winds and following seas, shipmate. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089/120 "2008-04-21T15:23:32Z")
I never met him in real life, but I really admired him. Very sad today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-simmons-rest-in-peace/446089.md?page=7)